Kids Issue: 2022 Guide to Summer Camps
Volume
28
/ Issue 33
Cover Design Credit:
Scott SouthwickCover Photography Credit:
Jesse Kitt
What is “Simply Beautiful” to our local kids and teens? Find out in Part 2 of this year’s Kids Issue, which is bursting with student art, essays, poems and short fiction. Plus, check out our extensive Summer Camp Guide, brimming with 160 camp listings from more than 65 organizations that span the range of summertime activities.
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Asheville Fringe Arts Festival celebrates 20 years
Entering its 20th year, the 2022 Asheville Fringe Arts Festival returns to multiple venues throughout Asheville.Irish artists bloom in the Asheville area
Danny Ellis, Gareth Higgins and Paula O’Brien discuss being Irish Americans and how that status has influenced their art.Around Town: Blog series details jobs of Asheville Black women in 1890
A blog series from the Buncombe County Public Libraries details the occupations of Black women in 1890. Plus, the Swannanoa Valley Museum presents a look at historic Black Mountain College…food
Beer Scout: Green Man celebrates 25th anniversary
Asheville's second oldest brewery — and first on the South Slope — turns 25 while Pabst Blue Ribbon honors local artist Hannah Bunzey's can design.What’s new in food: Southside Community Farm continues to grow
On the first Sunday of March, volunteers helped ready Southside Community Farm’s quarter-acre plot for the planting of spring crops, including potatoes, sugar peas and radishes, among others. But preparation…living
Wellness roundup: Dogwood releases 2021 annual report
In total, Dogwood approved 287 funding requests of the 354 grant applications in 2021. The nonprofit also reports that it added 21 new staff members to the organization.news
Working families struggle to find affordable child care
Even in the best of times, working parents must strive every day to balance family and professional responsibilities. But the COVID-19 pandemic has made that already difficult situation much, much…Forest plan may boost special status for Craggy Mountains
The pending approval of a U.S. Forest Service plan for the roughly 1 million acres that the Nantahala and Pisgah national forests cover in Western North Carolina is likely to…Q&A with Marta Alcalá-Williams, winner of social justice award
Having lived in Asheville for over 30 years, Marta Alcalá-Williams says it was a unique experience to hear others community leaders highlight her body of work. “Sometimes when you're in…Youth-focused nonprofits prioritize equity in new efforts
Read to Succeed, OpenDoors of Asheville and Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC have all begun to focus more intentionally on closing race-based opportunity gaps in recent years.Homelessness, safety rank as top downtown concerns
Safety and reducing criminal activity downtown closely followed homelessness among the top concerns. Survey respondents were asked to evaluate downtown in terms of how safe they felt. The average score…Hilliard Ave. development approved in unusual Council procedure
A conditional zoning request for The Avery, a 187-unit housing development slated for 363 Hilliard Ave. in Asheville’s downtown, was denied by Asheville City Council in a Feb. 22 meeting.…opinion
Amendment promotes healthy communities and the environment
"Development in places with preexisting infrastructure is a crucial strategy for combating sprawl."Letter: Make your home a safer place for youths
"Over half of Buncombe County residents we surveyed in our 2021 Underage Drinking Survey said they feel that underage drinking is a problem here."Letter: Democracy calls for public meetings
" If City Council is loyal and controlled by Putin or sidekick Trump, then 'check-in' is the way to go."Death cycle